The Republican journal., 1887-05-26
Maine Matters.


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LIQUOR DEALERS ON TIE RAGGED EDGE.
The Maine correspondent of the Boston He,
aid writes: The new liquor law in Maine
placing the dealers in intoxcant> on the ragsc
edge. There is more in the law than in an
temperance enactment for the suppression 0
the liquor traffic since the day the origna
Maine law was passed. Outside of few cite
the liquor traffic is practically suspended. Ii
| Augusta liquor famine prevails such as ha
| never been known before. One of the most no
torous dealers there. who has paid thousands o
| dcilars in fines, and repeatedly suffered incar
rcration in Jail for his persistent violations o
law, has retired from the business. And thu
druggists not only refuse to sell unnxed liquor
but even a PHYSICIANS prescription containin!
alcohol is taboocd. County Attorney Carleton
| has given out that he intends to hGrmeticaII,
seal up every place in kenncbcc county where
liquor is sold. In WaterviIle, the other day h'
asked an officer how many drug stores thcr,
many can do the legitimate business of th,
town. was his next inquiry. He was toll,
| two. "Ihcn will drive the other four out oil
the business" was his answer, and there i,
| every reason to believe that he will make GOO
his word. At the recent meeting of the grand
jury of kennebec county. he procured the larg
| est number of indictments against liquor deal.
crs ever known in that county. When they
| were tried every one was found guilty. In
Portland. one large wholesale drug house i.
| going out Of business. Nearly 40 indictments
have just been found by the grand jury of Cum
bcrIand county.
| AGAINST LIQtoH SELLERS.
The law in that county will be vigorously en-
! forced. Many Portland citizens are now get
| ting their supplies of liquors from Boston deal
| ers. aud the juc trade is becoming brisk. The
| liquor now sold in Portland is disposed of in
| the most clande>tine manner. At the hotels
/ many of the guests bring their own Stimulants
| with them. and get the landlords TO provide
| them with tumbler>. sugar and iccwater and
| the services of the rowboyS without returning
| any compensation. City Marshal IIawker of
Portland was recently in Ellsworth to see In
| ternal Revenue Collector Redman, who permit
ted him to tr;n>cribc from the records of his
Office the names of some $50 individuals in Port
land who pail liquor tax last year. High
Sheriff McFadtlcn of kennebec county has also
made a late visit here for the same purpose.
Olher persons are almost daily coming here for
the purpose of procuring lists of liquor taNpay-
crS. Ii is going to be serious business for
those who contribute to Uncle Sans liquor
revenue, for the reason that the payment of Il
| Cntcd States tax is to be taken as evidence of
guilt. This is now the time for the renewal of
United States licenses for the new year. the old
licenses ing expired on the 1st inst. The eN-
else tax that the government derived last wear
from retail liquor licenses was about $50 900.
The new law has so driven liquor sellers to the
wall that this revenue promises to be cut down
to Il mere bagatellc. Your correspondent called
upon Collector Rcdman today to ascertain how
many liquor licences had been already taken
out. One hundred and eleven is the total num-
Der thus far. against 3l9 issued last year at this
time. In the first collection division. of which
Portland. Saro and l}itilcfur,l are the largest
places. ~ have been taken out. In the second
division. of which Lewiston. Auburn, Angus
la, IIallowell, Gardner, Bath and RocklanG are
the largest places. six have been issued. In the
third and remaining division. in which Bangor
Belfast, Ellsworth, Calais. EaStport and IIolll-
ton are the largest places, u licenses have been
taken out, and most of those have been issued
to Bangor parties. Scarcely hotel license in
the state has been granted. the number of ap-
pliraions made coming mostly from Bangor.
The Bar lIarhor honifaces are in tribulation
whether to take out license or not. Quite
naturally they feel very indignant over the ST.
verify of the law. when they derive such harry
est of dollars from the sale of liquid refresh
nlcnt> to their guests during the summer scH-
son.
The hotel keepers at other summer resorts
are also very nervous. and hardly know what
to do. As yet none of thcm have taken ont a
license, but il is highly probable that all of
them will before the month is out and then
they will try and run the gauntlet. \ large
number of private clubhou>es which are show
inc up are paying Il special liquor tax. Many
of the clubs are being formed in Portland. But
few apothcraric> have paid the government IL
uuor tax. They appear to be very anxious to
have a test c:lS. made up for the United States
supreme court. 10 ascertain whether the prim:l
f;rie evidence clause in the law is constitution
al. The matter is likely 10 get into the court
for Il decision sooner OF later. Most of the IL
crllSeS granted by ollertor Redman are rontil-
ed to the dram shops. The larger portion Of
the special tax imposed upon retail liquor deal
cr> has so far been paid by Bangor parties. in
which city there seems to be no ,Iiminution in
the traffic. The hotels and saloons make no at
tempt at ronrcalment in supplying the wants Of
thirsty mortal>. The druggists nn' selling
As openly rs they did, but the tried and trusted
experience no difficulty in getting their needs
supplied. In short. Bangor is the only place in
the state that is not disturbed BY the new law.
There is talk of establishing United States
bonded warehouse there for imported liquors.
Numerous inquiries are being made of ColIcc-
tor Redlnan rs to the liability of apothccarcs
doing business without the payment of IL Spe-
cial liquor tax. and also as to what patent med
icineS and bittcrS can be sold without Il license:
also whether there is any way of evadin" the
taking ont license in the lame of Il party act
ually engaged in business. by putting an a>Sm-
c, name in the license. TO This last inquiry,
the collector has promptly replied that no license
can be taken ont under an assumed name. 1t
may he of interest to state that when an appl-
cat is made for Il special tax certificate it
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